Patents by Inventor Stuart E. Pepper

Stuart E. Pepper has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Teach and repeat probe for a robot arm
    Patent number: 5214858
    Abstract: A probe used for programming a robot arm in order to perform a cutting operation on a work-piece. During the programming operation, the probe is attached to the robot arm and moved around the profile of a test-piece. An electric lamp is provided for indicating contact between the probe and the test piece. Additional circuitry including an electric lamp is provided for indicating when the body of the probe and a pin (4) having an end tip (8) which actually forms the contracting portion of the probe are misaligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Inventors: Stuart E. Pepper, Stephen T. Robinson